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iPhone: Setting Navigation Bar Title

Asked 2010-02-17T12:54:42.587
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Hey all. I'm still pretty new to iPhone development, and I'm having a bit of trouble figuring out how to change the title of my Navigation Bar. On another question on this site somebody recommended using :

viewController.title = @"title text";

but that isn't working for me...Do I need to add a UINavigationController to accomplish this? Or maybe just an outlet from my UIViewController subclass? If it helps, I defined the navigation bar in IB and I'm trying to set its title in my UIViewController subclass. This is another one of those simple things that gives me a headache. Putting self.title = @"title text"; in viewDidLoad and initWithNibName didn't work either. Anybody know what's happening and how to get it happening right?

Thanks!

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If you want to change the title of a navBar inside a tabBar controller, do this:

-(void)viewDidAppear:(BOOL)animated {
    self.navigationController.navigationBar.topItem.title = @"myTitle";
}
answered 2013-04-11T09:36:19.800
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I had a navigation controllers integrated in a TabbarController. This worked 

self.navigationItem.title=@"title";
answered 2012-03-29T09:56:30.280
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I guess you need a dynamic title that is why you don't set it in IB.

And I presume your viewController object is the one specified in the NIB?

Perhaps trying setting it to a dummy value in IB and then debug the methods to see which controller has the dummy value - assuming it appears as the title...

answered 2010-02-17T12:59:27.617

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